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Table 4 Secondary efficacy measures

From: Prospective open-label study of add-on and monotherapy topiramate in civilians with chronic nonhallucinatory posttraumatic stress disorder

Combined suppression of nightmares and intrusions

Responder status, n (%)

 

   Full

26/33 (79%)

   Partial

3/33 (9%)

   None

4/33 (12%)

Mean time to response, days ± SD, (range)

 

   Full response (n = 25)

15 ± 18 (1–83)

   Partial response (n = 17)

11 ± 13 (2–46)

Median time to full response, days

9

Median time to partial response, days

5

Mean dosage at time of response, mg/day

 

   Full response

60 ± 47

   Partial response

32 ± 15

Median dosage at time of response, mg/day

 

   Full response

50

   Partial response

25

Modal daily dosage for full response, mg/day

25

   % of patients in the 12.5–50-mg/day range

65

Modal dosage at time of partial response, mg/day

25

   % of patients in the 12.5–50-mg/day range

100

Improvements in nightmares

 

Full cessation of nightmares

17/18 (94%)

Improvements in intrusions

 

Full cessation of intrusions

26/33 (79%)

Partial improvement

3/33 (9%)

No improvement

4/33 (12%)

  1. SD = standard deviation.